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Mike Harden: Checking on watering restrictions a waste of time

Re “Lawns are cut back to 1 drink a week” (Page 3A Nov. 26): Now that the Modesto City Council has adopted additional water restrictions for residents and businesses, when can we expect the hard-hitting investigative journalism and photographs depicting the condition of each council member’s lawn? I can only imagine the reporter’s disdain when assigned this breaking story and wonder if he is questioning why he spent years getting a journalism degree only to chase such worthless news!

Mike Harden, Oakdale

Editor’s note: The Bee visited the home of each Modesto City Councilperson in June, shortly after statewide curtailments were ordered; you can find the story and the photographs on modbee.com

This story was originally published December 3, 2015 at 11:02 AM with the headline "Mike Harden: Checking on watering restrictions a waste of time."

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